The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-15
"RENENGE! RENENGEl
''WORKMEN, TO ARMS!

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your opIrGssofs murdered SIX Of your brothers at
McCormicks. Why did they murder them? Be
cause they dared TO be dissatisfied with the ot which
your oplIeSsors nave assigned TO them. They de-
manded bread and they gave them lead for an an
sWer mindful OF the fact that thus people most
effectively silenCed. You have for many many
years endured every humilutionswithout protest.
have drudged from early in the morning till late at
night; have suffered all sorts of privations have
even sacrificed your children. You have done
everything to fill the Golfers of your masters
everything for them; and now, when you
approach them and i'm pOrc them 10 make your
burden ilttle lighter as reward foryour sacrifices
they send their bloc lhounds-the pOiiCe--at you in
order to cure you, with bullets, of your dissats1ac
ton. Saves, We ask and coniure you, by all that is
sacred and dear to you avengc The atrOciou murder
which has been committed on your brothers today,
and winch Will likely be committed on you tomor-
row Laboring men, Hercules you have arrived at
slavery and hunger or for freedom and bread? If
you decide fol- the latter, tlen DO not delay
moment; then, people, 10 arms! This must be your
motto Think of the heroes whose blood has for
tuzcd the road to progress, liberty and humanity,
and to strive and become worthy of them.
Your BROTHERS.
Noebe and other notables of the l. A. A.
took horses, and i'll person scattered the cir
cular broadcast, not failing TO leave copies
with the rank and file of the international
earned sections" gathering at Crief's hall, 81
West Lake street. That the circUiar gave the
impulse to the action of the armed sections at
this Monday night meeting, and inspired the
adoption OF
THE PLAN OF BOMB-THRowING
agreed upon, is apparent from the fact that its
contents were first fully discussed Then the
complete detailed plan of the particular
method of inaugIrating the wholesale murder
for which they originally organized, was form
ally considered and adopted, the time for the
slaughter being left for the Arbciter Zeiung
to designate by publishing the signal word
"ruhe'' poacel. This latter feature was the
work of Adolph Fischer. who had come to the
meeting straight from the Arbeiter Zeitung,
where ne lilu bccu assisting SplcSand SchWab.
1haI flschef was carrying out the plans OF his
superlofs appears more clearly from the cir
o"iilo''iico9 'na' 1t was ne VINO
MANEU NRED THE "AEMED SECTIONS
Out of their idea of holding the IIavmarket
meeting in the morning instead of at night. as
Spies and the other leaders had decided.
A darker picture is not to be found in history
than this spectacle of four-sc0re murderous
conspirators in The wretcbed saloon basement
reuGrseles ulottin0 tIe tnassacre that oocnrz
ed not a hundred Yards distant. before another
midnight passed. RudoIph Schnoubclt. the
throWer of the U9yma,i,et hon,L was a'nonCr
the eighty or more assa4sius vino counosrd
this horrible meetiup Tho1,oh odiouru
ment did not come i'm lone 9ftcr eleven
it was not o'clock next morning. Tuesday.
when Louis I.inpg a member of this Identical
earned section . oncned the chest Of dvna-
mite that had lain untouched in his LODGINGS
since four DAYS before. Underhis exUcTt d.
rections six OF the men " no attended iha mur-
der meeting Of the previous night quickly set
to work then and there filling uiOjulIr shells
with dynamite
Early as was the hour. Fischer was also at
work getting ont the handful calling the IIaV
market mass meeting. The lIandbills' last
words were: "WOrkmen, arm yourselves and
appear in full forceH What Spies, Schwab
and the other leaders were doing that day
may be partly inferred from the
BURNING APPEALS FOR RESISTANCE
and calls "To Arms %, that ,,noaroJ IN tboi,.
newspaper oroatIs tbaf ev1Ii,lr "i,,,bo ,,
Dcupad Inv Spifs's op,, ho,,d st.,rod ,,t Of H..
Arbiter Zrituna, Aflrr lie n9,,ar1 t-aro off
and t1leir elifors had sv.lIo,raJ % Iasft-y,,,
per. Il is known fIat Gnioe p,esn,. ccf,,vai
iie.dsn. Fischer and oti,ar rrIin, s"ir;tc'
mostly Inenbrrs of tbe snff-sa,,n ,t,7,iaJ CO.,
tons lLat bcId the C;rief IAN co,,litc ~
into close srs.iou ri thn IntarnafionaI Leode
quarters i'm the Arbifer IeituI, tniIIi,,+ rIo,o
REPORTS bv MESSENGER and tai9njo,r. Gore va
ceiycj 81 the ,oolaeT,t; spnd P''''''
Jiuog,s crew Of ,,.rl +ilr ,es,l
uousIv nj work. For some 1nas,.f,e he i,inslif
was I;nable Ia remain Win tic,n al tIin ti,a
and thn evening found lin nrrsi,, tei. ein,,,
progress. II ,ya3 some time affcrT ,.1 =, NJ,
The bonr mentioned for The Tj9,l,'ori(ct moot
ing TO beoin-wLen limo, M into q nm
f,11nI ,vI,a9 honhs woe Tcod ,,glo a., ~.
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